# Orationes 11-2

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (6)ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ἢ περὶ ΤΥΡΑΝΝΙΔΟΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/11-2

ὅτι δὲ ἔξεστιν αὐτοῖς σκιᾷ μὲν ἀφθόνῳ χρῆσθαι τοῦ θέρους, πίνειν δὲ οἶνον ὁπόσον βούλονται, διὰ τοῦτο ἄπειροι μὲν ἡλίου διατελοῦσιν, ἄπειροι δὲ τοῦ διψῆν κατὰ φύσιν, οἰκότροφοι μὲν οὐχ ἧττον τῶν γυναικῶν, ἄπονοι δὲ καὶ ἀργοὶ τὰ σώματα, κραιπάλης δὲ καὶ λήθης τὰς ψυχὰς γέμοντες. ὅθεν δὴ καὶ ἐπιμηχανῶνται αὑτοῖς καὶ σιτία πονηρὰ καὶ βαλανεῖα τούτου χάριν, τῆς δʼ αὐτῆς ἡμέρας πολλάκις δέονται μὲν ἀνέμου, δέονται δὲ ἐσθῆτος,δέονται δὲ ὁμοῦ χιόνος καὶ πυρός, τὸ δὲ πάντων ἀτοπώτατον, ἐπιθυμοῦσι καὶ λιμοῦ καὶ δίψους.

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Dio Chrysostom, Orationes, ed. Hans Friedrich August von Arnim. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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